Violent clashes and political tensions have delayed Guinea’s presidential polls, informs Al Jazeera net Thursday.
Guinea’s state television has confirmed that the presidential election run-off will be postponed from October 31 to November 7.
Siaka Sangare, the newly appointed head of the election commission said on state television on Wednesday that “after wide consultation with the different parties in the transition, the date of November 7, 2010 has been set for the second round of the presidential election”.
“It is a date that has been agreed upon, cannot be changed, and, dare I say it, I think will be the last one set for this election that the Guinean people are waiting for so much.”
The second round of Guinea’s first ever democratic elections has already been postponed three times since the first round of voting in June went off peacefully.
However accusations of fraud and mutual mistrust have led to violent clashes amid rising political and ethnic tensions.
